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R v Brown

[1994] 1 AC 212
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1994
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Consent no defence to sado-masochistic assault causing ABH; public policy limits on consent to bodily harm; autonomy vs paternalism

Area of Law

criminal

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